**Executive Summary**
This notification, issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs on January 2, 2026, pertains to the exercise of powers and discharge of functions under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, in various Union territories. It supersedes previous notifications from 2023, assigning responsibilities to Administrators or Lieutenant Governors in these territories. The notification is effective immediately.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Supersession of Previous Notifications:**
* This notification supersedes S.O. 272(E) dated January 16, 2023, S.O. 2749(E) and S.O. 2751 (E) both dated June 22, 2023.
* **Assignment of Authority:**
* Administrators or Lieutenant Governors of the following Union Territories shall have the power to exercise the powers and discharge the functions of the appropriate Government or State Government under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020:
* National Capital Territory of Delhi
* Andaman and Nicobar Islands
* Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
* Chandigarh
* Puducherry
* Lakshadweep
* Ladakh
* Jammu and Kashmir
* **Presidential Control:**
* The Administrators or Lieutenant Governors will exercise their powers and functions subject to the control of the President of India.
* **Duration:**
* The assignment of authority is effective until further orders.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder:** Administrators/Lieutenant Governors of the specified Union Territories
**Impact:**
* They are assigned the responsibility to exercise the powers and discharge the functions of the appropriate Government or State Government under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, within their respective territories.
**Action Required:**
* They need to implement and enforce the provisions of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, within their jurisdiction, ensuring compliance with the code's requirements.
**Stakeholder:** Residents and Workers in the specified Union Territories
**Impact:**
* Benefit from the protections and regulations provided by the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, as implemented and enforced by the Administrators or Lieutenant Governors.
**Action Required:**
* Familiarise themselves with the provisions of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, and their rights and obligations under the code.
Key Entities Referenced
Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (2020 का 37): A central labor law in India concerning workplace safety and health standards.
Article 239 of the Constitution: Deals with the administration of Union Territories.
Delhi: The National Capital Territory of Delhi is included as a Union Territory.
Union Territories (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Chandigarh, Puducherry, Lakshadweep, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir): The Administrators or Lieutenant Governors of these Union Territories are empowered to act as the appropriate government under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020.
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भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (ii)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
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स.ं 27] नई दिल्ली, िजनवार, िनवरी 3, 2026/पौष 13, 1947
No. 27] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 2026/PAUSHA 13, 1947
गहृ मत्रं ालय
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 2 िनवरी, 2026
का.आ. 27(अ).— राष्ट्रपजत, संजवधान के अनुच्छेि 239 के खडं (1) के अनुसरण म ेंऔर तारीख 16 िनवरी, 2023
की अजधसूचना सं. का.आ. 272(अ), तारीख 22 िून, 2023 की अजधसूचना सं. का.आ. 2749(अ.) तथा तारीख 22 िून,
2023 की अजधसूचना सं. का.आ. 2751(अ) को प्रजतस्ट्थाजपत करत े हुए; तथाजप, ऐसी प्रजतस्ट्थापना से पूवव दकए गए या न
दकए गए कायों के संबंध में, यह जनिेि िेत े ह ैं दक राष्ट्रीय रािधानी क्षेत्र दिल्ली, अंिमान और जनकोबार द्वीप समूह, िािरा
और नागर हवेली और िमण और िीव, चडं ीगढ़, पुडुचरे ी, लक्षद्वीप, लद्दाख तथा िम्मू-कश्मीर के प्रिासक या उपराज्यपाल,
राष्ट्रपजत के जनयंत्रणाधीन रहत े हुए तथा अगल े आििे तक, व्यावसाजयक सुरक्षा, स्ट्वास्ट््य और कायवििा संजहता, 2020
(2020 का 37) के अधीन समुजचत सरकार अथवा राज्य सरकार की िजियों का प्रयोग करेंग ेएवं कतवव्यों का जनववहन करेंगे,
उन क्षेत्रों के संिभ वमें िहााँ उि संघ राज्यक्षेत्रों को समुजचत सरकार अथवा राज्य सरकार के रूप में कायव करना अपेजक्षत ह।ै
[फा. स. ं य.ू-11030/1/2021-यूटीएल]
प्रवीण कुमार राय, संयुक्त सजचव
37 GI/2026 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 2nd January, 2026
S.O. 27(E).—In pursuance of clause (1) of article 239 of the Constitution and in supersession of the notification
numbers S.O. 272(E), dated the 16th January, 2023, S.O. 2749(E), dated the 22nd June, 2023 and S.O. 2751 (E), dated
the 22nd June, 2023, except as respects things to be done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the President
hereby directs that the Administrator or Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, Andaman and
Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Chandigarh, Puducherry, Lakshadweep, Ladakh and
Jammu and Kashmir shall, subject to the control of the President and until further orders, exercise the powers and
discharge the functions of the appropriate Government or State Government under the Occupational Safety, Health and
Working Conditions Code, 2020 (37 of 2020), for the areas where the said Union territories are required to function as
the appropriate Government or State Government.
[F. No. U-11030/1/2021-UTL]
PRAVEEN KUMAR RAI, Jt. Secy.
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